Taichung, Chinese Taipei – The 2011 Asia Series will begin on Friday pitting the champions of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), the Australian Baseball League (ABL), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
The Series is returning after a couple year absence and is considered one of the better tournaments in the world.
The teams playing will be the Samsung Lions (KBO), Perth Heat (ABL), the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (CPBL), and the Fukoka Softbank Hawks (NPB).
November 25
Korea vs Australia – Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium @ 12:00pm
Japan vs Taiwan – Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium @ 7:00pm
November 26
Korea vs Japan – Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium @ 12:00pm
Australia vs Taiwan – Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium @ 6:00pm
November 27
Australia vs Japan – Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium @ 1:00pm
Taiwan vs Korea – Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium @ 7:00pm
November 29
Top two teams – Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium @ 7:00pm
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Eric Bynum is Managing Editor here at Baseball de World and an ESL teacher in South Korea. He has played and/or written about baseball for the past 30 years and is an avid Atlanta Braves fan. Eric also writes for Braves Baseball World and for Call to the Pen.
